Laboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Laboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
J Virol Methods. 2021 Dec;298:114295. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114295. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
Current studies focus on cellular and humoral immunity induced by novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Non-responders to vaccinations are not uncommonly encountered in clinical medicine (e.g. in the field of hepatitis B). Whereas vaccine-induced humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is compromised by emerging Variants of Concern (VOCs), cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is emerging as resilient against VOCs. Thus commercially available test kits for diagnostic laboratories designed to evaluate cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 are urgently needed. Here we evaluated the novel QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 assay (Qiagen) measuring INF-ɣ release induced by two spike-derived peptide pools (Ag1 and Ag2) in a cohort of health care workers vaccinated with the mRNA-1273 vaccine and confirmed humoral response. Our study indicates the usefulness of this novel assay for routine laboratories to evaluate cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in response to mRNA-1273 vaccination.
目前的研究集中在新型 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗引起的细胞和体液免疫上。在临床医学中,(例如在乙肝领域)经常会遇到对疫苗无反应者。虽然针对 SARS-CoV-2 的疫苗诱导的体液免疫受到新出现的关注变体(VOCs)的影响,但针对 SARS-CoV-2 的细胞免疫似乎对 VOCs 具有弹性。因此,迫切需要用于诊断实验室的商用试剂盒来评估针对 SARS-CoV-2 的细胞免疫反应。在这里,我们评估了新型 QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 测定法(Qiagen),该测定法测量了 mRNA-1273 疫苗接种的医护人员中由两个刺突衍生肽池(Ag1 和 Ag2)诱导的 INF-ɣ 释放,并确认了体液反应。我们的研究表明,该新型测定法对于常规实验室在针对 mRNA-1273 疫苗接种的 SARS-CoV-2 细胞免疫评估方面非常有用。